#8494E2#8494E2

#8494E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8494E2
RGB	rgb(132, 148, 226)
HSL	hsl(230, 62%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 34.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 13.87, -41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 43.67, 288.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0084 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.117 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8289, 31.5747, 76.2488)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8494E2 #E2D284

analogous

#84C3E2 #8494E2 #A384E2

triadic

#8494E2 #E28494 #94E284

tetradic

#8494E2 #E284C3 #E2D284 #84E2A3

square

#8494E2 #E284C3 #E2D284 #84E2A3

split-complementary

#8494E2 #E2A384 #C3E284

monochromatic

#2D46BF #5269D6 #8494E2 #B6BFEE #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#8494E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#8494E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8494E2

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8494E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8494E2	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8494e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 148, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb3eb',
    500: '#8494e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8494e2;
$custom-light: #abb3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8494e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.787,
    "s": 61.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.686,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8494E2

secondary

#EEE9D4

accent

#AC1CCA

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F4F5FD

border

#CECFD5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #8494E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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